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Service Employees International Joint Council 45 at a glance

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Service Employees International Joint Council 45

Statewide arm of the service employees' international union (seiu) in pennsylvania.

$382k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$2.4MCivil Rights$426kEmployment$325kSocial Science$80kCommunity Improvement$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$225,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$373k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROJECT KEYSTONE$225,000
PA ALLIANCE ACTION$150,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FREE FAIR PA: $50k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA STANDS UP: $25k → 9%PENNSYLVANIA UNITED: $100k → 11%PUT PENNSYLVANIA FIRST: $75k → 12%PROJECT KEYSTONE: $350k → 22%WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC: $10k → 20%FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $25k → 14%CASA DE MARYLAND INC: $30k → 11%PENNSYLVANIA UNITED: $41k → 11%SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 12%PROJECT KEYSTONE: $225k → 22%SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL: $140k → 14%STRAIGHT AHEAD ORGANIZATION: $63k → 11%WE THE PEOPLE PENNSYLVANIA ACTION: $56k → 12%PENNSYLVANIA ALLIANCE ACTION: $865k → 22%SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL: $100k → 14%KEYSTONE RESEARCH CENTER: $40k → 12%PENNSYLVANIA ALLIANCE ACTION: $475k → 22%SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL: $70k → 14%PENNSYLVANIA SPOTLIGHT: $35k → 12%PA ALLIANCE ACTION: $150k → 22%WE THE PEOPLE ACTION: $20k → 12%PENNSYLVANIA ALLIANCE ACTION: $75k → 22%KEYSTONE RESEARCH CENTER: $20k → 12%COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $75k → 22%KEYSTONE RESEARCH CENTER: $20k → 12%COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $50k → 22%PENNSYLVANIANS FOR FAIR COURTS: $10k → 12%PENNSYLVANIA ALLIANCE ACTION: $25k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 6 repeat orgs$423k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$2.8M
$423k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+10%

Still filing today

100%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsSocial ScienceCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PA
    PA ALLIANCE ACTION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +98%
  • PK
    Project Keystone
    2× · 2022–2024 · $575k · revenue +5%
  • SE
    SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $310k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • PP
    PUT PENNSYLVANIA FIRST
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • SA
    STRAIGHT AHEAD ORGANIZATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $63k · revenue ×18
  • WT
    We The People Pennsylvania Action
    one grant, 2020 · $56k · 27% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Ballot Pa Action

Informed and educated the public and lawmakers about the benefits of including independent voters in Pennsylvania's primary elections.

Civil Rights
2
Keystone Democracy

Keystone Democracy's goal is to ensure that all Pennsylvania elections are implemented in a safe, secure, convenient and fair manner. We work to advance pro-democracy policies by informing elected officials, civic leaders, the media, and…

—
3
Lead Pa

Cultivating the next generation of progressive leaders across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

—
4
Pittsburgh United

Pittsburgh United, Inc. strives to advance social & economic justice in the

Community Improvement
5
Pa Alliance Foundation

Pa alliance foundation ("paaf") is a 501(c)(3) public charity that is focused on civic engagement and democracy advancement across pennsylvania, working to expand access to the ballot through non-partisan voter education and mobilization.…

Civil Rights
6
Pennsylvania First

To invest in the activation, long-term engagement, and mobilization of

—
7
Ppf Pennsylvania State Association

Promote the interest and welfare of the industry by recommending legislation to protect the trade.

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8
New Pennsylvania Project

The New Pennsylvania Project (NPP) is a voting rights organization with a

Civil Rights
9
Pennsylvania Forward

To advocate for progressive policies in pennsylvania

—
10
Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council

To use our collective power and legal mandate to develop and secure public policies that ensure civil rights and expand options for all people with disabilities in all aspects of life.

Human Services
11
Pennsylvania State Education Association

We support, empower, and advocate for members, students, and public education.

—
12
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pennsylvania Stands Up Inc; the most unlike its peers is Casa Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PA ALLIANCE ACTION: $1,590,000 · Civil RightsPA ALLIANCE ACTIONProject Keystone: $575,000 · Civil RightsProject KeystonePennsylvania United: $140,800 · Civil RightsPennsylvania UnitedSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION: $310,000 · OtherSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATION…COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $125,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONSPUT PENNSYLVANIA FIRST: $75,000 · OtherPUT PENNSYLVANIA FIRSTSTRAIGHT AHEAD ORGANIZATION: $62,500 · OtherSTRAIGHT AHEAD ORGANIZATIONWe The People Pennsylvania Action: $55,500 · OtherWe The People Pennsylvania Ac…Free Fair PA: $50,000 · OtherFree Fair PAPENNSYLVANIA SPOTLIGHT: $34,500 · OtherCASA INC: $30,000 · Other+6 more: $90,000 · Other+6 moreKeystone Research Center Inc: $80,000 · Social SciencePENNSYLVANIA STANDS UP INC: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Civil Rights$2,305,800Other$832,500Social Science$80,000Community Improvement$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPA ALLIANCE ACTION: $1,590,000 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetProject Keystone: $575,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION: $310,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPennsylvania United: $140,800 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS: $125,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetKeystone Research Center Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetWe The People Pennsylvania Action: $55,500 over 1y, 27% of budgetFree Fair PA: $50,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA SPOTLIGHT: $34,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetCASA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA STANDS UP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 668: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIANS FOR FAIR COURTS: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Sixteen Thirty FundPa Alliance ActionHopewell FundCommonwealth Communic…American Federation o…All Hands on Deck Net…PA Alliance FoundationStrategic Victory FundNorth FundWay to Win Action Fun…America VotesTides Advocacy
Sixteen Thirty FundDC19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Pa Alliance Action · Hopewell Fund · Commonwealth Communications · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · PA Alliance Foundation · Strategic Victory Fund · North Fund · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · America Votes · Tides Advocacy

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Service Employees International Joint Council 45 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Service Employees International Joint Council 45. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Service Employees International Joint Council 45?

Find your warmest path to Service Employees International Joint Council 45 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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